Security Leaders Journal

February 14th, 2018 TrustMAPP is being featured on a new podcast series titled “Business of Security Podcast Series“. We are excited to share with you the release of the inaugural episode that includes unique TrustMAPP customer success use cases. There is an exciting line up for the first season over […]

February 2, 2018 Ed Snodgrass, CISO, Secure Digital Solutions Are you thinking about your 2018 cyber security roadmap? Before you begin let’s look at the year prior. 2017 was a busy year for cybersecurity professionals and the organizations they’re chartered to protect. In addition to several high-profile breaches, some new […]

October 9th, 2017 Chad Boeckmann, CEO, Secure Digital Solutions As we rapidly approach the end of the calendar year, many cybersecurity departments are working on budget requests for next year. Yet, these same cybersecurity teams are also likely to be busy wrapping up their projects before year end. It is against […]

August 31st, 2017 Ed Snodgrass, CISO, Secure Digital Solutions Here at Secure Digital Solutions (SDS), we get the opportunity to work with many types of customers and many types of security vendors. Each customer has a different understanding of the value of cybersecurity maturity and each vendor uses the term […]

August 14, 2017 Ed Snodgrass, CISO, Secure Digital Solutions Frameworks are important. They lay the foundation for what will eventually be built. Whether building a structure, a vehicle, a medical device or a security program, the need to begin construction using an established set of requirements is critical. It allows […]

July 27th, 2017 Ed Snodgrass, CISO The last few months have been busy at our firm, Secure Digital Solutions. The exposure to, and interest in, our TrustMAPP platform is increasing rapidly. Interestingly enough, much of this interest is coming from across the proverbial pond so we began to look at […]

June 22nd, 2017 Secure Digital Solutions releases TrustMAPP® version 2.2 to align risk with process maturity. For the first time security and business leaders can gain a comparative view of security maturity associated with identified risks. NEW FEATURES Risk Register, Management and Program Management Overlay Options TrustMAPP® now integrates risk, best practice […]

June 9th, 2017 Chad Boeckmann, CEO, Secure Digital Solutions We all deal with, on some level, audits. For highly regulated industries audits are a fact of life. The typical audit lifecycle is similar across virtually all industries. An audit is conducted, executives are briefed on findings and teams are assigned […]

June 2nd, 2017 Ed Snodgrass, CISO, Secure Digital Solutions Recently I started on a lengthy, long desired journey. My son and I have been looking for an automotive restoration project for a while and as it turns out, we finally found a ‘perfect’ candidate. Weeks of research and dozens of […]

May 26th, 2017 Ed Snodgrass, CISO, Secure Digital Solutions Like most in the security industry, I read extensively – both technical and non-technical information. It’s virtually impossible to keep up with everything, but it comes with the territory. Add to that the plethora of security-related data you receive from your […]

April 1st, 2017 Ed Snodgrass, CISO, Secure Digital Solutions There’s a cybersecurity talent war going on. Skilled resources are in high demand and are being aggressively recruited by competitors and peer companies alike. The strategic moves and coups are public and the implications of those are obvious. The more impactful […]

May 12th, 2017 Ed Snodgrass, CISO, Secure Digital Solutions Maturity is an interesting word. We’ve heard it throughout our lives and it’s had different meanings in different contexts. As a kid, we heard it from our parents regarding “growing up” and “being more mature”. We may not have understood it […]

May 1st, 2017 Ed Snodgrass, CISO, Secure Digital Solutions Today marks my 4th month as CISO at SDS. It’s challenging and very rewarding and I wanted to depart a bit from my usual blog theme to answer the question I have been most frequently asked by my friends, peers and colleagues […]

What’s In the CISO Toolbox? April 20th, 2017 Ed Snodgrass, CISO, Secure Digital Solutions The number and type of cybersecurity tools has exploded. It’s virtually impossible for a security executive to stay current on what’s available. Because of this, rather than adopting new products, it’s common practice for companies to continue […]

April 14th, 2017 Ed Snodgrass, CISO, Secure Digital Solutions I enjoy riding motorcycles and have been riding for several years. One concept that I’ve repeatedly heard (and experienced personally) regarding safety is that if you’re a responsible, rider the main concern isn’t you, it’s the drivers around you who don’t […]

April 7th, 2017 Ed Snodgrass, CISO, Secure Digital Solutions “He who defends everything defends nothing”, said Frederick the Great. That’s true for security as well. The threat landscape is so vast that the cost in people, process and technology to protect against everything is cost-prohibitive and unrealistic. Instead, security leaders […]

March 24th, 2017 Ed Snodgrass, CISO, Secure Digital Solutions Protecting your organization costs money. It’s that simple, and there is plenty of noise in the marketplace telling you where to spend it. The amount of money it takes to do so is usually proportional to the size of the proverbial […]

March 17th, 2017 Ed Snodgrass, CISO, Secure Digital Solutions Oftentimes cyber risk is viewed as a concept. An idea. Something visceral that ‘feels’ wrong based on experience, knowledge or expertise. The mental journey from the idea of the cyber risk to the reality of cyber risk is clear and multiple scenarios […]

By Ed Snodgrass, CISO, Secure Digital Solutions Last summer I played ‘whack-a-mole’ at the State Fair. The objective is simple – hit as many ‘moles’ as you can in the allotted time and the more you hit, the greater the measure of ‘success’. But what’s the ultimate objective? The moles […]

January 16th, 2017 The NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors) has just released an updated version of its Cyber-Risk Oversight Handbook with key principles for cyber-risk reporting and understanding at the board level. While cyber threats continue to escalate, the NACD noted that only 11% of board members have a […]